And in 2005 when Tom Delay was proudly claiming that the Republican leadership had done such a good job that there was no more fat to cut in the federal budget? Doesn't sound like a small-government Republican to me. And if memory serves he was from....Texas? Somewhere like that? And those princes of pork, Trent Lott and Richard Shelby? Where are they from again? The Northeast or the West Coast? And Eric Cantor, with his talk this week about how when the GOP takes over the House again then 'deserving' earmarks will be just fine with him. What region does he hail from?
My bias against the Lincoln era Republicans comes from ancestors who were "burned out" of AL during Reconstruction.
Would it be too much to point out that Lincoln had been dead for two years before Reconstruction was imposed?
Much of the horrors of the history of that time are not recorded in History books...
They live on in Southron mythology.
No, that is not true. Lynchings, burned homes, stolen property by both Carpet Baggers and Scallywags in power did happen. Mythology, it was not. FACT.
The anti-DC sentiment now is in response to the same arrogance of power that existed then. I never blamed Lincold for Reconstruction, that happened after his death. I do blame him for the suspension of the legal system in persuing the war. And why are we talking about this stuff now? I detest CW history, it is a subject that is best left dead.